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Book Title: Nothing Proved
Series: Regina
Author: Janet Wertman
Publication Date: May 19, 2025
Publisher: Janet Wertman
Pages: 376
Genre: Historical Fiction
Danger lined her path, but destiny led her to glory…
Elizabeth Tudor learned resilience young. Declared illegitimate after the execution of her mother Anne Boleyn, she bore her precarious position with unshakable grace. But upon the death of her father, King Henry VIII, the vulnerable fourteen-year-old must learn to navigate a world of shifting loyalties, power plays, and betrayal.
After narrowly escaping entanglement in Thomas Seymour’s treason, Elizabeth rebuilds her reputation as the perfect Protestant princess – which puts her in mortal danger when her half-sister Mary becomes Queen and imposes Catholicism on a reluctant land. Elizabeth escapes execution, clawing her way from a Tower cell to exoneration. But even a semblance of favor comes with attempts to exclude her from the throne or steal her rights to it through a forced marriage.
Elizabeth must outwit her enemies time and again to prove herself worthy of power. The making of one of history’s most iconic monarchs is a gripping tale of survival, fortune, and triumph.
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By day, Janet Wertman is a freelance grantwriter for impactful nonprofits. By night, she writes critically acclaimed, character-driven historical fiction – indulging a passion for the Tudor era she had harbored since she was eight years old and her parents let her stay up late to watch The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R.
Her Seymour Saga trilogy (Jane the Quene, The Path to Somerset, The Boy King) took her deep into one of the era’s central families – and now her follow-up Regina series explores Elizabeth’s journey from bastard to icon.
Janet also runs a blog (www.janetwertman.com) where she posts interesting takes on the Tudors and what it’s like to write about them.
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| My Thoughts |
I'm not a Tudor fan, but I have always been fascinated by Queen Elizabeth I, so agreed to read this one for The Coffee Pot Book Club, and I'm pleased that I did for it was an enjoyable read.
I must be honest: I found the story a little slow to get going (needed a little more 'giddy up'?) but I think this was because there are a lot of names to get to know, not helped when one changes from 'sir something' to a title, but that is my problem as a reader, not the author's fault (names and titles changed - that's history!) The problem is increased on Kindle as I'm sight impaired so I have to use an e-reader, where it isn't easy to flip back to see who was who. Again, not the author's fault.
Personally, I don't think this one needed a prologue, but then I often don't like them - start a story at the start. Once into who was who and what was what I found myself engrossed, even though, in this instance, I knew what the end would be, so for Nothing Proved, it is the journey that is interesting not what happened.
I found the author's portrayal of Mary Tudor to be very sympathetic, (I confess I can't stand Mary!) so it is applause for Ms Wortman that I did feel sorry for the poor lady in question.
I did find the American spelling slightly annoying, along with the use of 'gotten' (not a British word!) and 'fine' which sounded too modern - but again this is a British reader's perspective - it was only that 'honor' etc pulled me out of the illusion that I was back in Tudor England each time, which was otherwise, an illusion that the author had achieved very well.
So a good, engrossing read, with good characters.
**** 4 stars
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Thank you so much for hosting Janet Wertman today, and for your lovely review of Nothing Proved.
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Cathie xx
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